Woman Charged After Allegedly Leaving 2 Kids in Filthy Home 'for Days.' One Child Was Found Trying to Eat Raw Meat, Police Say

Police responded to a welfare check on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and bodycam footage revealed a home covered in trash

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• A woman in Michigan has been charged after her two special needs children were allegedly left home alone “for days,” per the Flint Township Police Department
• Police bodycam footage shows the home covered in filth
• Authorities said that there was no edible food in the home, and that one of the children was attempting to eat raw meat out of desperation

A Michigan woman has been charged after her two special needs children were allegedly left home alone for days in filthy conditions.

Officers responded to a welfare check called in by a concerned neighbor at a home in Flint Township in Genesee County on Wednesday, Feb. 18, per a statement and police bodycam footage shared on Facebook by the Flint Township Police Department (FTPD) on Friday, Feb. 20. 

The officers arrived to find two special needs children alone in the home with no edible food, per the statement.

Police further said one of the children was so hungry that they were attempting to eat “raw, spoiled meat,” and the other was found curled up on the floor. 

The bodycam footage included in the Facebook post shows layers of trash covering the floors of the home, overturned furniture and a running faucet. Police can be heard stating that one of the children was covered in feces. 

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Police said investigators soon confirmed that the children had been left alone by their mother — whom they identified as Krystal Farmer — “for days,” per the FTPD Facebook post.

“While her children endured filth, hunger and fear, she prioritized herself over their safety, abandoning them to survive on their own,” the FTPD wrote.

Farmer was charged with multiple felonies on Feb. 20, including child abandonment, child abuse and lying to an officer during a violent crime investigation, per the FTPD. 

The FTPD did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. It is unclear whether Farmer has legal representation at this time.

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